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• Nature Valley Pro Ride Is Amateur Cyclists’ Chance Of A Lifetime
  January 13th, 2010
  

  Minneapolis (Jan. 13, 2010) – Six races sprinkled throughout the United States will comprise the 2010 Nature Valley Pro Ride, the qualifying events for amateurs to earn a trip to compete against the country’s top men and women professional bicycle racers at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.
  The Nature Valley Pro Ride will select the top [...]

• Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Standings After Nature Valley GP
  July 2nd, 2009
  

  Alison Powers adds a second jersey while TIBCO takes the team lead
  Minneapolis – July 2, 2009 – Women’s Prestige Cycling Series leader Alison Powers (Team Type 1) added the Sprinter’s jersey to her collection, but her hold on that jersey is tenuous. Rebecca Much (Webcor Builders) is still in the Best Young Riders jersey. [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix To Air on Universal Sports
  June 24th, 2009
  

  Nature Valley Grand Prix to Air on Universal Sports – Top ranked stage race featured dramatic finishes in men’s and women’s races
  The Nature Valley Grand Prix, the top race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar held on June 10 – 14, will air on Universal Sports, the event’s worldwide broadcast partner. Originally slotted [...]

• Joanne Kiesanowski (TIBCO) On How To Follow Your Dreams
  June 20th, 2009
  

  By Cynthia Lou
  Joanne Kiesanowski of Team TIBCO, fresh off two trips to the podium at this year’s Nature Valley Grand Prix, one for second place at the St. Paul Downtown Criterium and another for first place in the Team Competition, shared a bit about her experience in Minnesota, along with tips for aspiring Kiwi racers [...]

• Rory Sutherland Wins The Nature Valley Grand Prix
  June 15th, 2009
  

  Sutherland waits until the last minutes to earn the overall at Nature Valley
  Stillwater, MN – Since the end of the opening stage time trial Wednesday morning, Rory Sutherland of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis had been chasing race leader Tom Zirbel (Bissell), needing to close a gap of 0:13 to repeat as [...]

• Powers Third For Team Type 1 At Nature Valley
  June 15th, 2009
  

  Stillwater, Minn. – Alison Powers put Team Type 1 on the podium Sunday for the fourth time at a women’s National Racing Calendar (NRC) event when she finished third at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.
  Powers also retained her lead in the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series (WPCS) while assuming the lead in the WPCS sprint classification [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix – Rhodes Takes The Cannon Falls Stage
  June 13th, 2009
  

  Alexis Rhodes Takes The Stage Win At Mankato, Blasting Into Second Overall Just Twelve Seconds Behind Leader Armstrong

  By Cynthia Lou
  Mankato, MN — Redemption was sweet for Webcor Builders today. After the unfortunate series of crashes that took them off the podium and out of their competition jerseys at Thursday’s Cannon Falls Road Race, Alexis Rhodes [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix Womens Race Stage 2
  June 13th, 2009
  

  Exciting St. Paul Downtown Crit, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Women’s Callup and Start
  Video was taken by our very own Cynthia Lou – The Scoop With Lou

• Brooke Miller Wins Uptown Minneapolis Criterium; Armstrong Still In Yellow
  June 12th, 2009
  

  By Cynthia Lou
  No trip to the Nature Valley Grand Prix would be complete for Brooke Miller (Tibco) without a victory, with Miller celebrating a criterium victory two years in a row. Today’s aggressive race to the end saw Shelley Olds (Proman Hit Squad) taking both second place on the podium and the Wheaties Sprint Jersey, [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix – Cannon Falls Ladies Road Race
  June 12th, 2009
  

  Erica Allar Wins An Action-Packed Cannon Falls Road Race; Armstrong Retains Lead
  By Cynthia Lou
  Cannon Falls, MN — It might have been a beautiful day in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, but the racing was active and stormy, with Erica Allar of Value Act Capital emerging triumphant through crashes, a missed turn, and endless breakaway attempts. Tina Pic [...]

• Team Type 1’s Powers Challenging At Nature Valley Grand Prix
  June 11th, 2009
  

  St. Paul, Minn. – Alison Powers of Team Type 1 isn’t about to watch Kristin Armstrong soft-pedal her way to a fourth title at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.
  Powers, the U.S. national time trial champion, only conceded 13 seconds to Armstrong (the Olympic and past world time trial champion) in Wednesday morning’s St. Paul [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix Mens Crit Finish
  June 11th, 2009
  

  Stage 2, St. Paul Downtown Crit Results and Finish, Men’s Race. Nature Valley Grand Prix

• Nature Valley Grand Prix Stage 2 Womens Race
  June 11th, 2009
  

  Leap Of Faith Lands Kirsty Broun On Top Of Podium; Armstrong Controls The Race To Maintain Lead
  by Cynthia Lou
  Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota – “Then I’ll have to win the race,” joked Kirsty Broun (Riverfront CDA) to the announcer. Win she did, with an early jump into the last corner of the fast 40 lap criterium [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix Womens Crit Finish
  June 11th, 2009
  

  Stage 2, St. Paul Downtown Crit Results and Finish, Women’s Race. Nature Valley Grand Prix

• Kristin Armstrong On The Positive Influence Of Fans
  June 10th, 2009
  

  By Cynthia Lou
  Cycling is a demanding sport: from race-time suffering, to weeks away from home traveling, to the relentless hours of training in all kinds of harsh weather conditions.
  “Fans make all the difference,” said Kristin Armstrong, with recent friend and protége Veronica tucked under her arm. “Veronica sent me half-birthday cards, wished me good luck [...]

• Armstrong Takes Top Spot At Opening Time Trial Of The Nature Valley Grand Prix
  June 10th, 2009
  

  By Cynthia Lou
  Kristin Armstrong opened the last U.S. stage race of her career with a victory, blazing up the finishing hill of the St. Paul Riverfront Time Trial. Close behind Armstrong’s 13’ 48.55“ on the rainy six-mile time trial course is current U.S. Time Trial champion Allison Powers (Team Type 1), at 14’ 01.14” [...]

• Women’s Prestige Cycling Series Releases Resumes at Joe Martin
  May 7th, 2009
  

  New series addition is second stop on 2009 tour
  Minneapolis – May 4, 2009 – The 2009 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series resumes this week at the Joe Martin Stage Race, a new addition to the Series. At the opener in Redlands, Team Type 1 and Team TIBCO traded blows, each claiming the lead in [...]

• Sprint Finish for the Nature Valley Pro Ride
  April 25th, 2009
  

  Last chances to win trips to the Nature Valley Grand Prix coming up
  Minneapolis – April 23, 2009 – The 2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride will conclude in less than three weeks. Four amateur riders, two men and two women, have already won trips to the Nature Valley Grand Prix, where they’ll have the full [...]

• Applications Open for Nature Valley Grand Prix
  April 9th, 2009
  

  Women’s race joins men’s as an invitational
  Minneapolis – April 8, 2009 – The Nature Valley Grand Prix women’s race is joining the men’s as an invitational in 2009. Both races filled in 2008, with teams being turned away. The men’s race had filled for the past five years, but this was a first [...]

• Nature Valley Pro Ride Rolls Out This Weekend
  March 25th, 2009
  

  Jefferson Cup Road Race in Charlottesville, Virginia, is first event of 2009 Series
  MINNEAPOLIS – March 24, 2009 – The enormously popular Jefferson Cup Road Race will be the first race of the 2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride, a six-race program that offers elite amateur men and women the chance to win a trip to the [...]

• 2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride Schedule Grows from Three to Six Events
  March 2nd, 2009
  

  NATURE VALLEY GRAND PRIX OFFERS PRO EXPERIENCE FOR TOP AMATEUR CYCLISTS

  2009 Nature Valley Pro Ride Schedule Grows from Three to Six Events
  MINNEAPOLIS – February 23, 2009 – The Nature Valley Pro Ride has announced its 2009 schedule, growing from three to six events in its second year. This unique program offers elite amateurs a [...]

• Racers Sought For Nature Valley Pro Ride Calendar
  November 18th, 2008
  

  Minneapolis (Nov. 17, 2008) – A national program is offering race promoters the opportunity to send their top amateurs to the 2009 edition of the Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minnesota, June 10-14) to compete against the country’s top men and women professional bicycle racers.
  Entering its second year, the “Nature Valley Pro Ride” will select amateur [...]

• Nature Valley Grand Prix – Playing the Role of a Sponge
  July 12th, 2008
  

  From June 11-15, I certainly was playing the role of a sponge. I learned sooo much and had sooo much fun with Kristin, her teammate Emma Rickards, Emma’s fellow aussie friend Kate Bates, Kristin’s husband Joe, and Jim Miller. I also went to Nature Valley with a fellow awesome LaGrange teammate, Michelle Orem. I will [...]

• Toyota-United’s Justin England Wins 48th Annual Nevada City Classic
  June 17th, 2008
  

  Ivan Stevic secures 3rd place overall at the Nature Valley Grand Prix
  Bend, OR– Justin England makes late solo attack to claim his first win as a member of the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team at the Nevada City Classic. In what is considered by many cycling aficionados to be the toughest one-day race in America, [...]